vnat Is happening in your hospital?
The stores department in our hospital have been on selective sunke achion for the past three weeks.
week incalle Sterile Supplies Unit were They have been picketting that only deliveries for emergency use can get in We're having a levy of £2.50 a week on all union members to pay strikers paying up. None of the unions lave paid strike pay date. and somemes you can lose a lot of money even on a ore dav suke because of the way DOLUS svstem is worked We're going 10 LUl tinue this selective action and we want to have a demonstration the Wednesday afternoon of the three-day action. There is a joint union action committee and every decision is taken to a mass meeting so we've got full involvement. means that the action has been efTecuve wares nave been closed Everyone here is solidly behind the strike. They eel they' ve got nothing to loose. The West workers are the strongest the union. Whateve .he outcome the unions will our region my union we're getting about fortymembers month and then the joint unions committee WICA WI De SUORZCI HOV on other issues as a result of the strike.
the TUC Heam se bices Health services committee and the union leaderships. None of them nave allec for trike action on 19-21 July They 'urging intensive industrial acThe pay for 1 April and now, nearfour months later they're calling three days Action. A lo ot people think it would have been better to call all-out action from the beginning. Apart from anything it more money this . Lots of local hospitals like ours are things but despite, rather than because of the Health Services committer.
On the 19-21 July what can do to support the health workers?
• If you haven't done so already, propose that your union takes one-day half-day strike action in support of healthworkers, in paracular. vou belong to any of the following WIU have hac discussions with the TUC na pledged their support EEPTU GMWI NALGO, NUPE, TGWU, ASTMS, COHSẺ.
• Find out demonstrations and rallies are taking place by contacmittee and make sure that acaboul Party send a delegation.
• Organise collections in vour workolace. through your Labour party etc. Don't forget, none of the workers have been paid strike pay.
healthworkers are already organising go rouna workplaces to rum up support Why not get your Labour Party o trades councils to organise this on one of the days take workers round to all the workplaces in the area.
• The health worker and the railworkers have a They are both in ine toretront of fighting this Tory government.
Make sure al
very minimum that your . down the picket lines. The Labour Party nationally and locally should be comworkers in struge if its the possibility of an early election they're worTeu Doul. more reason support workers against the bosses and against the Tories.
hey claimto represent the workers — OK let them do it! mands South Wales miners show the way TOL
By D Ellis MOTO confident. The movement. THE TRAIN drivers are standing firm. Pickets are being increased and the mood is more and determination of the drivers has set an example for the whole labour Every trade unionist has a clear ** ASLEF needs ASLEF members have strike steike leg station and because they £13 a week off thei social security. so ine corer